Engle Acres

05/16/2021

Some promising first freshening udders this year. The does are dam raising and these photos are a 12 hour fill.

Engle Acres O Maykapi
Engle Acres UM Lady Liberty (pending)
Old Mountain Farm Cover Girl
Engle Acres UM Little Bo Peep (pending)

04/27/2021

How time flies. I can't believe these pictures are only one year apart.

01/09/2021

Just a day in the life of delivering a bin full of packages on top of taking care of the kids and Arlo, the puppy. Busy busy!

12/22/2020

Bunny hunting

Best mouser on the farm! Those "bunnies" better watch out.

12/04/2020

MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S E

This semen collection of MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S E took place nearly 16 years ago. Its a great feeling to see motility in these little swimmers.

11/01/2020

There's a full days work in that bucket.

06/04/2020

Bounce bounce bounce

My fencing partner needs longer legs or a bigger appetite.

05/22/2020

Happy national goat day!

05/09/2020

AVAILABLE KIDS UPDATED (5/26/20)
🐐

🔹️More kids have hit the ground at Engle Acres!

Star 5 Farm Doodlebug x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️3 does, 1 buck
▫️buck SOLD
▫️doe retained
▫️doe SOLD
▫️doe SOLD

Wood Bridge Farm Pet's Bestowal x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
▪️3 bucks
▫️buck retained
▫️buck pending
▫️buck SOLD

Old Mountain Farm Smart Mouse x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️buck retained
▫️doe retained

Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️buck SOLD
▫️doe retained

Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Buttercup is available
▫️doe retained
▫️buck SOLD
▫️buck available

Whispering Tales CH Savannah x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 buck
▫️buck not available

Old Mountain Farm Mayday x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️3 does
▫️doe SOLD
▫️doe SOLD
▫️doe retained

Alebar C Cinnamon Spice x Old Mountain Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Cinnamon Spice SOLD
▫️doe retained
▫️buck SOLD
▫️buck SOLD

Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️2 does
▫️doe available
▫️doe retained

Victory Farm A Rockabye x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe
▫️doe retained

Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️2 bucks
▫️buck SOLD

Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️doe retained
▫️buck retained

Engle Acres UM Black Opal x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
1 buck
▫️buck available

Engle Acres C Leolani (cleo baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
1 buck
▫️buck SOLD

Engle Acres UM Lady Fortune(lady baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
1 buck
▫️buck SOLD

Whispering Tales Vivian x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
2 does, 1 buck
▫️buck SOLD
▫️doe available
▫️doe available

CH Whispering Tales Ginger Snap x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
1 doe, 1 buck
▫️doe available

▪️Engle Acres M Sierra x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
1 buck
▫️buck available

▪️Whispering Tales Mango Mama x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️buck available
▫️buck available
▫️doe retained

▪️Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
2 bucks, both DOA

▪️Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
1 buck
▫️buck available

*buck only denotes a male, not necessarily that they will stay intact.

04/28/2020

Polled vs. Horned goats

Since I talked about the unfun task of disbudding, here is a lighter topic on the same subject.

These are buck/doe twins. One is polled (naturally hornless) and one is not. Can you tell which one is polled? If you guessed the first photo, you are correct! See how he doesnt have little cowlicks where one can imagine the horns will grow, and the doe in the second picture does? Also, he has tiny buttons where the horns are located, but growth has not progressed from there. One parent has to be polled in order to have polled offspring.

The dam of these two kids is Old Mountain Smart Mouse. She happens to be polled.

If you're in the market for a buck, he is available. He may be doing another modeling sesh in a future post of available kids so keep your eye out!

04/26/2020

Disbudding goats

Disbudding goats

I've posted this before, but it's been a couple years and I think it's a good topic. This time we have added a video to go with the process explained in the text. Keep in mind, this is how I do it and find it to be successful. I'm sure there are other methods to use as well. They even have fancy "buck tip" irons!

This is something I wish I could have seen when I first started disbudding kids. My first ones were pretty awful and ended up with scurs (partial horn growth).

Kids begin growing their horns very early in life. One can feel the little buttons form within a few days of birth. Disbudding works best if done before the buds get too large. When using a disbudding iron, the end result should be a nice copper colored ring with the bud popped off in the middle (should look white). The iron needs to stay on the skull for approximately 5 seconds. I twist it a little to make sure I have good contact. When time is up I flick the iron to remove the bud, almost like scraping the bud off with the edge of the iron, but in a quick efficient motion.

Posted in the comments are a few examples of the kids I disbudded today. You will notice the brown buck kid has a figure 8 burned with the disbudding iron. The cells that grow horns form a teardrop shape (much larger on bucks) and must be burned this way to prevent scurs.

Sidenote: There is no downtime after disbudding kids. They are bouncing around as soon as I let them go!

04/24/2020

Krystina is being a real stickler about being "Team No House Goats" this year. This poor guy is stuck watching some Bachelor reality show.

04/23/2020

AVAILABLE KIDS UPDATED (4/26/20)

Brantley has evolved from goat feeder to goat snuggler and loves his new babies! 🐐

🔹️Engle Acres has had an exciting couple weeks of kidding:

Star 5 Farm Doodlebug x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️3 does, 1 buck
▫️1 buck available
▫️1 doe available

Wood Bridge Farm Pet's Bestowal x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
▪️3 bucks
▫️2 bucks available

Old Mountain Farm Smart Mouse x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️1 buck available

Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️1 buck available

Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Buttercup is available, Bucks TBD

Whispering Tales CH Savannah x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 buck
▫️1 buck available

Old Mountain Farm Mayday x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️3 does
▫️1 doe available

Alebar C Cinnamon Spice x Old Mountain Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Cinnamon Spice is available, Bucks TBD

Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️2 does
▫️1 doe available

Victory Farm A Rockabye x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe
▫️Doe retained

Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️2 bucks
▫️Reservations filled

Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️Reservations filled

🔹️Upcoming kidding pairs due in the next couple of weeks:

▪️Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone

▪️Engle Acres CAL Cherry Blondie x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️Engle Acres UM Lady Fortune(lady baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️Engle Acres UM Black Opal (diamond baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️Whispering Tales Mango Mama x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️Engle Acres C Leolani (cleo baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️Whispering Tales Vivian x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
▪️CH Whispering Tales Ginger Spice x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️Engle Acres M Sierra x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb x Old Mountain Farm Okapi

04/21/2020

Farm hand

My farm hand definitely knows he gets paid by the hour.

04/10/2020

Kidding pens are up, and they are looking like Fort Knox! Hopefully all the hard work pays off. Wood Bridge Farm Pets Bestowal and Star 5 Farm Doodlebug are in the kidding pens now. Today is day 145 for them both. Judging by their ligaments, I'd say Bestowal will start off the kidding season this year.

03/30/2020

Dad came up with a great idea to repurpose pallet racks to make kidding pens. Ain't no baby sneaking through these bad boys! Krystina is working hard, and I'm hardly working.

01/03/2020

Well we have procrastinated long enough. Posted below is the breeding schedule for 2020. Kidding should start around April/May. We pen bred everyone this year so we don't know exact dates. The buck is listed at the top of each list. The does below his name are the does bred to that buck. If you're interested in any kids for 2020 please PM us! More information on the goats can be seen on the website.

www.engleacres.com

Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone (buck)
Victory Farm A Rockabye
Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace
Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond
Old Mountain Farm Smart mouse
Dragonfly AV Eszti
CH Whispering Tales Savannah
Engle Acres O Maykapi
Old Mountain Farm Covergirl
Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not
Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup
Alebar Cinnamon Spice
Engle Acres CAL Cherry Blondie
Engle Acres CAL Stella
Engle Acres CAL Rosa
Engle Acres O Zora
Engle Acres UM unnamed
Engle Acres UM Lady Fortune
Engle Acres O Panda
Engle Acres UM Black Opal
Engle Acres C unnamed

Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit (buck)
Whispering Tales Mango Mama
Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck
Wood Bridge Farm Pets Legacy
Engle Acres C Leolani
Star 5 Farm Doodlebug
Old Mountain Farm Ginni Quinn

Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle (buck)
Whispering Tales Vivian
Wood Bridge Farm Pets Bestowal

Old Mountain Farm Okapi (buck)
CH Whispering Tales Ginger Spice
Engle Acres M Sierra
Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo
Old Mountain Farm Mayday
Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb

12/25/2019

Merry Christmas from Engle Acres! 🎄🐐🎅

10/20/2019

When there is a nice day in October, you find some good help and work on the fence!

08/22/2019

We need to introduce a very exciting addition to our breeding program. Our new boy arrived at the beginning of July. I had intentions of clipping him up, but time has not allowed that. Therefore, this season you will get to see him in all his hairy glory. Welcome Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone! Zone is the littermate to CH Wood Bridge Farm Levian Diamond, a beautiful doe. He is sired by Old Mountain Farm Cyrus Quinn out of Atwood Acres Tip Toe.

Thank you Kathy at Dreahook Nigerians for entrusting us with Zone. He fits in perfectly here.

06/08/2019

We have two doe kids out of Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb sired by Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle available. Cherry is a 4 year old that is just coming into herself. Shes a pretty doe and her kids should have some nice potential! PM me with questions or if you're interested.

06/05/2019

Engle Acres

06/04/2019

We had a great time at the 2019 Iowa Spring Classic Dairy Goat Show.

We were pleased with our goats' performances.

Awards include:

Woodbridge Farm Unbound Merit: Two Reserve Grand Champions, Grand Champion, Best of Breed, and Best Buck in Show

Old Mountain Farm Okapi: Grand Champion

Victory Farm A Rockabye: Two Reserve Grand Champions

Several others placed well in their class including two homebred Engle Acres does in the dry yearling class (Engle Acres O Maykapi and Engle Acres Mav Sierra)

Big thank you to Laurie Harms for her help all weekend at the show!

We were able to see many old friends and made some new friends throughout the show! Cannot wait for next year!!

05/31/2019

When you're trying to get nice photos of your goats before our show this weekend, but Covergirl thinks it is time for her photoshoot.

05/20/2019

This year we have been fortunate to be having a doe kid year. So far the kid count is:
Does: 17
Bucks: 10

Posted are some photos of kids born this year. If you watched the video we posted earlier, you can see they can be quite uncooperative at times. All the photos of the kids are candid without being set up. Several kids are still available. If you see any that strike your fancy, send us a message!

Dam udder photos are available.

05/20/2019

Getting decent pictures of kids is a chore in itself! Pictures of 2019 kids soon to follow! 🐐

04/05/2019

One of us unloaded 130+ bales of hay at Engle Acres today...two of us did not...but we sure were supportive of the one doing all the work!

03/26/2019

We kicked off the kidding season today with CH Whispering Tales Savannah! Kids are sired by Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle. 3 does and 1 buck. Brantley was fascinated by his first kidding experience, as you can see!

03/03/2019

If anyone is in the market for a nice buck, check this guy out!

SOLD! - Are you looking for an amazing proven buck? Look no further!

Dragonfly ASA Troubadour (Polled!!)
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DOB: 9/11/2013

Dam: GCH Dragonfly IH Pergrine 1*M EVEE 90 (2016 ADGA Reserve Ntnl Champion!)
Grand Sire: PromisedLand Incredible Hunk *S
Grand Dam: Dragonfly FC I Declare!

Sire: Dragonfly G Mighty King Asa
Grand Sire: ARMCH Twin Creeks BW Giacomo Puccini +*S E
Grand Dam: Twin Creeks AH Chiaroscuro 3*D E

**Troub has an amazing personality!! The only reason we are parting with this special guy is to make room for our home-bred CH Alebar Chipotle Wasabi to return home here at the farm. We will miss Troubadour tremendously and will ensure he gets the right home.

Can provide more pictures of this stunning guy.

Beecher, IL
708-899-2164

01/05/2019

Engle Acres

We fell off the wagon posting each breeding after they happened, so here is a list of our breedings so far along with due dates. Our kidding schedule is a little later than usual due to a human baby coming in February! If interested in any reservations, feel free to message us!

Our website is still a work in progress, but it does have our animals pedigrees posted. Pictures soon to follow!

www.engleacres.com

CH Whispering Tales Savannah x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle 03/25/19

Dragonfly AV Eszti x Old Mountain Farm Okapi 03/26/19

Wood Bridge Farm Pets Bestowal x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 04/06/19

Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 04/07/19

Old Mountain Farm Mayday x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle 04/10/19

Old Mountain Farm Cover Girl x Old Mountain Farm Okapi 04/10/19 or 5/28/19

Whispering Tales Mango Mama x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 04/10/19

CH Whispering Tales Strawberry x Rosasharn SH Chaku *B 04/18/19

Old Mountain Farm Ginni Quinn x Old Mountain Farm Okapi 04/30/19

Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 04/30/19

Victory Farm A Rockabye x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 05/01/19

Star 5 Farm DoodleBug x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle 05/08/19

Engle Acres Blossom Baby x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 05/08/19

Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit 05/14/19

Dill’s BJ Cherry Bomb x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle 05/14/19

Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle 05/18/19

Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup x Old Mountain Farm Okapi 05/20/19

Whispering Tales Ginger x CH Dreahook DB Calypso 5/28/19

Engle Acres Maykapi x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit TBD

Old Mountain Farm Smart Mouse x Old Mountain Farm Okapi TBD

Whispering Tales Vivian x CH Dreahook DB Calypso TBD

Engle Acres Bitty Baby x CH Dreahook DB Calypso TBD

Engle Acres Savannah Baby x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle TBD

Alebar Cinnamon Spice x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit TBD

Engle Acres Cleo Baby x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit TBD

Wood Bridge Farm Pets Legacy x CH Dreahook DB Calypso TBD

Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle TBD

Nigerian Dwarf Goats with healthy, superior genetics and bloodlines heavy in Wood Bridge Farm, Old Mountain Farm, and Whispering Tales.

11/14/2018

Yesterday Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond (Sire: Atwood Acres LC Harrison x Dam CH Wood Bridge Farm Well Honeybun) was bred to Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit (Sire: CH Wood Bridge Farm Understated x Atwood Acres FT Calla Lily).

This will be some of the older Wood Bridge Farm lines mixed wirh some newer ones. I'm excited to see what these two produce! I appreciate Diamond's depth of body. She will be 7 years old in 5 days, but one would never know it.

11/13/2018

Today Wood Bridge Farm Pets Bestowal (Sire: CH Wood Bridge Farm Undeniable x Dam: CH Wood Bridge Farm Teachers Pet) was bred to Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit (Sire: CH Wood Bridge Farm Understated x Atwood Acres Calla Lily).

We are pretty excited about this breeding, as it brings in many top show animals of the breed.

On Pets Bestowal's side, Teachers Pet was the 2014 ADGA Reserve National Champion Jr. Doe. Undeniable's dam, CH Atwood Acres Dott was the 2nd place 4 year old and 1st place udder at the 2014 ADGA Nationals. Undeniable's sire, CH Wood Bridge Farm Understated is the son of CH Wood Bridge Farm Belladonna, the 2014 and 2016 ADGA National Champion.

On Unbound Merit's side, his sire, CH Wood Bridge Farm Understated is mentioned above as being the son of CH Wood Bridge Farm Belladonna, the 2014 and 2016 ADGA National Champion. His dam, Atwood Acres Calla Lily was 1st place 5 year old and 1st place udder at the 2014 ADGA Nationals.

11/05/2018

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1093659617471276&id=544583692378874

So today....lucky buck was our Old Mountain Farm Stag son by Old Mountain Farm Ta-Dah!, No Diggity. He was very happy to meet Brambleston CAL Skittles. Skittles earned a Best of Show last year as a junior. This year she freshened to late to go back. Very much looking forward to next show season!!
Skittles sire is Dragonfly HLJ Calvary
Ss...Dragonfly HFX Hallelujah
Sd...SG AGS Flat Rocks Here For The Party
Skittles dam is SG Wildwind Farm Bit'O' Honey
Ss...Wood Bridge Farm Romeo
Sd...AGS Laurel Haven Sicily

11/05/2018

Yesterday Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb (Sire: Dill's TS Banjo x Dam: Dill's D Blonde Bombshell) was bred to Rosasharn SH Chaku (Sire: Rosasharn BB Son of Honey x Dam: Rosasharn HB Gari).

Along with great genetics, hopefully the kids share their parents funny faces. Today Cherry walked into the barn with a patch of mud around her eye looking like Spuds MacKenzie!

11/01/2018

Another doe was bred today. Dragonfly AV Eszti ( Sire: TX Twin creeks PKM Avatar x Dam: Dragonfly HFX Luna Lovegood) was bred to Old Mountain Farm Okapi (Sire: Old Mountain Farm Stag x Dam: Old Mountain Farm Corazonquinn)